Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Turkey Oh My!

Here are some updates for the 1 of you...or maybe zero of you that read this blog. November was incredibly busy for us, therefore it flew by. Is it really the 11th of December today...NO WAY!!

The first week in November I decided to get rid of all the "junk" in my house, so I actually cleaned out all closets, drawers, cabinets, under the bed, etc. and had a garage sale the first weekend. It was VERY successful and we made a lot more money than we thought, which is always a good thing. The rest we hauled off to Goodwill and the crisis center for those who are need. It was SO nice to have it all done and gone and a sort of clean house for once. That night I had the chance to hang out with my sister in law and Aarons g/f in Fort Worth...we went to see the Von Trapp grandchildren perform some tunes from Sound of Music and tell stories of their grandfather. Very interesting.

The next week on the 11th, my husband and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. We did not have a babysitter so we took Mason to the park and I took some of his 1 year photos. We had a lot of fun and it was a beautiful day!!

By the weekend we found a babysitter for a couple of hours and went to dinner at Genghis Grill (YUM-O!) and Cabela's on a mini-date. Yes...I said Cabela's. We had never been and we had some time to kill, so we went and walked around. That place is crazy and has a lot of dead animals!! The next day we celebrated my birthday with Brady's family. I got tickets to go see the Radio City Christmas with the Rockette's...it was last night!! Lots of fun and a double-date with the brother and sister-in-law.

The next week was filled with lots of cleaning and preparing for Mason's FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY. Seriously...he is one folks. Does not seem possible!! He was incredibly good and energetic and happy. I was expecting fussy and whiny and tired, but he proved me wrong...thank goodness!! He hated the cake, but loved opening presents. He will officially be getting tissue paper and empty boxes for Christmas. Loves it. We only took 450 photos...sorry I have none to share. Just kidding...they are down at the bottom.

On the 25th...his actual birthday Brady and I both took off work early and hung out with the birthday boy...only he slept most of the afternoon, which was fine. We opened more presents that night and just chilled and played. It was a fun day.

The next day was Thanksgiving at the Graham's. We had a good time with family and stuffed ourselves full of turkey and dressing. I tried a baby food version of turkey dinner for Mason and he gagged and threw up for everyone...it was fabulous. The boy is so stuck in his ways of eating only veggies...and they have to be smooth, no texture or chunks or we gag. Ahhhh...the joys of having a preemie with texture issues...now to the therapist next week to work on that eating.

On the 30th we took Mason in for his One year appointment where he got FIVE shots...FIVE. Plus a not so nice procedure done. He was miserable for a few hours and I was miserable for a couple of days...it just breaks my heart for my baby to hurt. :( He is very healthy...almost 19 pounds. I know, small, but he is on the charts and that is all we care about at this point. It is great for a baby that went home from the hospital at 10 weeks old, 6 pounds. He is TOO healthy for RSV shots this year...he still should have gotten them, but the insurance company says NO. UGH! So another year of being as careful as possible, which is probably good for all of us.

Things are mostly good, but some bad news about my dad. He has an infection in his knee and will have to have his replacement taken out and put on antibiotic for at least 6 weeks. Does it not gross you out to think about not having a knee for 6 weeks...because it does me. Ewww and painful!! Anyway, he will be bed/wheelchair bound for that time, but hopefully it will cure him and he'll be good as new in a few months...pray!

Well, that was November in a nutshell...I am sure I am forgetting TONS about Mason's first this and that...but I am scattered brained this time of year. It is already December 11th and I am writing about November...where oh where is the time going??

Okay...pictures...